Approaching the Empress of Russia.
A Court reception by the Empress o£' Russia is thus described by a recent yiaitoc aocl journalist : — **Ifcia said that a foreigner must ( approach the Empress through thre^ . thousand ' officials ! The Winter 1 Palac<r n ,with,» its polished floors, its , frails blaming with , a thousand -vV-ax candles, its gdrgebijitt { hangings, tnalachite pillars, and works bf ( ' art, its tropical flowers and fy.rns, it's 1 floors '"' ! inlaid with ebony and rosewood and' ivory*,' ,is , a , wonderful and ' rnyfeterous' 'pUjwsk.. There surrounded by a >ea of eptendoUr^ ! stands the Empress herself a moving mass, of (Uamopds. Hei* n'ectlade reaqhes f fWtk :t ; ber throat to her waist, 1 and on her hoadlif; tho orcwn made fo'r'EUzaV^th ; dUtKogeiiia } of the Eaefc are on tier" breast, ' with tho ' prdudest of Xnip^rial orders, Safroandec^. \ bV ' Orand Duchesses and" by Grand Bakea* eacli' of blazes jewels, t ptAnds, thie 'yclun^^'wdina^'ciilll'd'to a Vlee^jf; 1 . wh{6h ie ©o peerless and co periloiiftl^ ll<l 1 | '">'
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 April 1887, Page 7
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160Approaching the Empress of Russia. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 April 1887, Page 7
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